Photograph of a sculpture piece from a frieze representing scenes from the life of Buddha taken c.1883 and attributed to Henry Hardy Cole (probably incorrectly). Captioned on the negative 'Lahore Museum. [From] Eusofzai.' This Buddist sculpture piece, is from an unknown location near Peshawar in the North West frontier Province and is probably now in the Lahore Museum. From the first and second centuries AD onwards, Peshawar district, in northern Pakistan, became famous for it's sculptural traditions. Known as Gandhara, it was ruled by a dynasty of Chinese origin called the Kushans. They were Buddhists and under their rule, the religion, and the arts associated with it were allowed to flourish. The reign of the Kushan king Kanishka, is particularly well known for its artistic achievements and it was during his reign, from 78 AD, that we find the first examples of the Graeco-Roman influenced Gandharan style of sculpture. The classical influence on this sculpture slab can be seen in the figures draped clothing, their curly hair and the naturalistic modelling of their bodies.